You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under chapter
552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID # 131106.

The Crockett Police Department (the "department"), which you represent, received a request
for any offense reports relating to specified crimes during a designated time period. You have
submitted copies of the responsive reports. You claim that they are excepted from disclosure
under section 552.108 of the Government Code. We have considered the exception you
claim and have reviewed the information you submitted.

Section 552.108(a)(1) of the Government Code excepts from required public disclosure
"[i]nformation held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection,
investigation, or prosecution of crime . . . if . . . release of the information would interfere
with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime[.]" You state that each of the
responsive reports pertains to a case that remains under investigation. Based on your
representation, we find that most of the information contained in the reports is excepted from
disclosure pursuant to section 552.108(a)(1).

However, section 552.108 is inapplicable to basic information about an arrested person, an
arrest, or a crime. Gov't Code § 552.108(c). We believe that such basic information refers
to the front page arrest and offense report information, including a detailed description of the
offense, held to be public in Houston Chronicle Publ'g Co. v. City of Houston, 531 S.W.2d
177 (Tex. Civ. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 1975), writ ref'd n.r.e. per curiam, 536 S.W.2d
559 (Tex. 1976). See Open Records Decision No. 127 (1976). The department must release
the type of information that is considered to be basic front page arrest and offense report
information.

As section 552.108(a) of the Government Code is dispositive, we do not address your claim
under section 552.108(b). We are resolving this matter with an informal letter ruling rather
than with a published open records decision. This ruling is limited to the particular records
at issue under the facts presented to us in this request and should not be relied upon as a
previous determination regarding any other records. If you have questions about this ruling,
please contact our office.